Being in Acadia National Park with the Alpha Imaging Collective was inspiring beyond measure. I was among nine other phenomenally-talented creators in Acadia National Park surrounded by vibrant fall colors and within earshot of the Atlantic Ocean. It was an extraordinary place to be.
The icing on the cake was that thanks to Sony, I had an α9 body and the new 100-400mm G Master lens for most of the trip. My original goal was to use that setup to capture mostly wildlife as I also had the 16-35mm G Master for landscapes, but it didn’t take long to fall in love with the multi-talented 100-400mm. The reach and detail got my attention right away and having the brilliant autofocus system in the a9 made it almost too easy to get a clean image.
Sony α9. Sony 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 G Master lens. 1/400-sec., f/6.3, ISO 400. We were all walking back to the vans after the eagle chase and this road turned was full of compositional possibilities. I ended up catching Jess Dales (@jess.wandering) and Braedin Toth (@braedin) walking along the shoulder of the road as I zoomed in to get a more compressed look. It was overcast at this point and had rained maybe an hour earlier so it was a pretty low-light situation.
Sony α9. Sony 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 G Master lens. 1/250-sec., f/6.3, ISO 640. This was one of the last photos I took on the second day. Anthony and I ventured off together away from the group to set up his hammock in the trees in the distance. We made it pretty far into the wet marsh before realizing that is was too deep to cross and too wide to jump over, so we settled for what we could get. Being able to experience this moment was very serene as the wind was gusting fairly well making the reeds dance to the sound of the α9 focusing on the moving strands. Now that is a peaceful moment for a photographer.
The trip was an enormous amount of fun and an incredible experience to be with such a creative group of people in a bucket-list place with some of the latest and best photo gear available.
Andrew Eggers is part of the Alpha Imaging Collective. Follow him on Instagram @andreweggers
